VSTA vs. DAO, BYRN, LSAK, SHAP, PRTH, ADTH, BLDE, GAMB, OPFI, and LGCL
Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include Youdao (DAO), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), Lesaka Technologies (LSAK), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Priority Technology (PRTH), AdTheorent (ADTH), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), OppFi (OPFI), and Lucas GC (LGCL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) and Youdao (NYSE:DAO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Youdao had 4 more articles in the media than Vasta Platform. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Youdao and 0 mentions for Vasta Platform. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Youdao'saverage media sentiment score.
Youdao received 35 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.79% compared to Youdao's net margin of -10.22%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.08% beat Youdao's return on equity.
15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vasta Platform has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Youdao.
Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Youdao has a beta of -0.06, indicating that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vasta Platform presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Youdao has a consensus price target of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 20.10%. Given Vasta Platform's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Youdao.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Youdao on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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